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Garnet Var Grossular

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Garnet Var Grossular

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Description
Locality: 
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Fantastic specimen from Italy having deep red satturated and well defined crystals of grossularia with a size of up to 9mm spread all over matrix. The lustre and the satturation of the red is just fantastic and extremely eye-catching.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Grossular

Formula: 
Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Akhtaragda River mouth (Achtaragda River mouth), Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin), Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia